Use of potentially inappropriate medications and adverse events in older outpatients with acute conditions.
Stéphanie de Souza Costa VianaNatália Pereira Dos Santos SouzaMárlon Juliano Romero AlibertiJulia Maria D'Andréa GrevePublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2022)
Associations between potentially inappropriate medication use and unfavorable outcomes such as falls and unplanned hospitalizations within one year of admission to a geriatric day hospital support the application of Beers Criteria and emphasize the importance of periodic prescription review, deprescription and rational use of these drugs whenever possible.